I got shocked by a 220v air conditioner when I was younger (much to young to grasp electricity). I thought it would be fun to poke around inside with a paperclip. I remember hearing a huge buzz, feeling like I was floating, and getting my ass knocked back a few feet.

My parents didn't teach me about electricity, I had to learn the hard way. My kids will certainly know different.

thanks pimp, i made the mistake of taking a drink of my soda while reading your post... i shot it right out my nose. i'm lucky...no YOU'RE lucky... it didn't get all over my computer screen while my cat was standing next to it and fry her. you could've had a lawsuit on your hands young man. she's half pure-bred, you know. :lol:

Thank God, half pure-bred cats are next to impossible to find. Rarer that rocking horse poo! I will let you know that it would not be the first lawsuit I have dealt with involving a fried cat. I will say that those chinese buffets have excellent lawyers.

Regular circuit breakers are meant to limit over current from over loads. However, it only takes about 0.015A to kill most people, so a circuit breaker would be of no help since they are rated for MUCH higher currents. What you probably mean is a GCFI breaker, which senses any difference in current coming from the outlet and going back in. If there is an external load to ground (a person most likely), there is a difference in in/out current and it trips. MUCH safer, and the reason why it is a code directive to have one within 6 feet of any water source.

There was an incident involving me, a pool and a tread mill. Sitting in a chair next to it drying off and somehow I just felt numb like wtf. Then lights flickered. I do think those shocking incidents had something to do with your electrical fixations. Oh and stirring the pot, are you Dirk Digler in disguise

I was repairing a 240v electric hedge trimmer when my gran decided to plug the power lead back in....

Imagine me lying on the lawn holding a now running electric hedge trimmer in one hand whilst flapping around until thrown clear! LOL!

Taught me a lesson!

We love HV. LOL.

same here only my grandfather, changing a light socket. "Is it on, flip" expletive deletive.

I used to experience similar things changing lightbulbs for my mum. I would ask if it was switched off before removing the dead bulb and putting in a new one, but I would still jump out of my skin when the new bulb suddenly lights up as I go to fit it.

Have any of you experienced a light bulb blowing up on your face? I had a few occasion that they just decided to blow up. Good thing I didn't have my contact lenses on when it happened.

Yeah lutach that happened to me. It was one of those spotlight bulbs from the fixtures you put on your house. Luckily I wasn't standing in front of it when it blew. It was a 175W bulb so it made quite a loud pop! On a lighter note I've also managed to explode LEDs and be showered in hot plastic bits!

In Brasil they sell some big fire crackers called "Rojao". My cousins and I stuck one in a glass bottle and instead of me running behind the brick fence, I went behind the light pole which in Brasil are made out of concrete and are about 16 inches wide. Well the "Rojao" went off and I got showered by bits of glass and it didn't feel good at all. Here are a few links of a "Rojao" in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyuOl...eature=related :oh:, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oy9z...eature=related :surprised: (I did this too), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-G3...eature=related, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbCByzkbUGg :rofl:. Can you believe they sell them to anyone in Brasil :lol:.

Man, thats a serious bit of pyromania. They also sell massive fireworks in the UK to anyone over 18, which is both cool but rather worrying since kids tend to get their hands on them quite easiy. Just before midnight on newyears eve some idiots set of some fireworks at ground level in the local public park (avenue gardens)- the damn things showered a bunch of people in sparks, but no-one was hurt thankfully. Back in the day my older brother and all his mates used to chuck camping gas canisters onto fires and blow things up- harmless teenage fun if you can run away fast enough..... hehehe.

Its serious!
 

My wifes brother 14yo blown his fingers off with similar stuff he put it to some kind of iron tube and this tube exploded in his hand then hi fired it up (too short ignition wire) he lost 2 thingers in right hand and in left hand 3 fingers are stiched back and lots of injures from frag they took out ~20 pieces from hands and some pieces from body and face.

Hold childs away from that kind of stuf!!!

PS! And still unbeatable in CounterStrike ;)

See what our Children (aka us big children) we all have to resort to for entertain because Castle doesn't release the Monster...

Hey I live in the US sounds like a class action suit in the making...